The JOC Top 25 North American ports accounted for 97.1 percent or 21.3 million TEUs of the 21.9 million TEUs of all North American laden container 2012 imports. The North American ports were up 4.3 percent year-over-year led by Mexican port growth of 13.2 percent with U.S. ports trailing at 2.7 percent. While Gulfport was ranked among the JOC Top 25 in imports at No. 25, it did not rise to the JOC Top 25 in total trade in 2012.

THE JOC TOP 25 NORTH AMERICAN CONTAINER PORTS IN 2012 — IMPORTS

Ranked by 2012 laden TEUs

RANK

NORTH AMERICAN PORT

LOCATION

COAST

2012 IMPORTSMARKET SHARE

2011

2012

Y-O-Y % CHANGE

1

Los Angeles

U.S.

West

18.5%

4,059,121

4,052,920

-0.2%

2

Long Beach

U.S.

West

13.9%

3,031,808

3,048,477

0.5%

3

New York-New Jersey

U.S.

East

12.7%

2,730,074

2,787,731

2.1%

4

Vancouver, B.C.

Canada

West

6.2%

1,234,585

1,349,375

9.3%

5

Georgia ports

U.S.

East

4.9%

1,072,467

1,076,018

0.3%

6

Manzanillo

Mexico

West

3.9%

804,176

855,365

6.4%

7

Virginia ports

U.S.

East

3.7%

727,086

817,558

12.4%

8

Oakland

U.S.

West

3.4%

742,333

750,762

1.1%

9

Seattle

U.S.

West

3.3%

772,654

725,962

-6.0%

10

Tacoma

U.S.

West

3.0%

520,000

653,703

25.7%

11

South Carolina ports

U.S.

East

3.0%

601,863

650,247

8.0%

12

Houston

U.S.

Gulf

2.9%

566,480

626,701

10.6%

13

Montreal

Canada

East

2.7%

579,906

589,160

1.6%

14

Lazaro Cardenas

Mexico

West

2.4%

410,650

534,104

30.1%

15

Delaware River ports

U.S.

East

1.8%

371,617

392,760

5.7%

16

Altamira

Mexico

Gulf

1.7%

328,527

369,123

12.4%

17

Miami

U.S.

East

1.6%

345,973

354,470

2.5%

18

Baltimore

U.S.

East

1.5%

304,499

319,028

4.8%

19

Prince Rupert

Canada

West

1.5%

233,146

318,065

36.4%

20

Port Everglades

U.S.

East

1.2%

259,181

270,859

4.5%

21

Jacksonville

U.S.

East

1.0%

209,780

218,833

4.3%

23

Halifax

Canada

East

0.7%

135,389

151,967

12.2%

22

Veracruz

Mexico

Gulf

0.6%

133,087

141,957

6.7%

24

North Carolina ports

U.S.

East

0.5%

119,568

111,500

-6.7%

25

Gulfport

U.S.

Gulf

0.5%

107,875

102,655

-4.8%

TOTAL TOP 25 PORTS in NORTH AMERICA — Imports

100.0%

20,401,844

21,269,299

4.3%

Total U.S. ports in Top 25 — Imports

79.7%

16,542,378

16,960,183

2.5%

Total Canada ports in Top 25 — Imports

11.3%

2,183,026

2,408,567

10.3%

Total Mexico ports in Top 25 — Imports

8.9%

1,676,440

1,900,549

13.4%

TOTAL ALL NORTH AMERICA PORTS — Imports

100.0%

21,008,951

21,920,645

4.3%

Total all U.S. ports — Imports

79.9%

17,063,215

17,518,181

2.7%

Total all Canada ports — Imports

11.1%

2,204,857

2,432,653

10.3%

Total all Mexico ports — Imports

9.0%

1,740,879

1,969,811

13.2%

U.S. TEU count includes all international containerized oceanborne cargo discharging at U.S. ports, and includes U.S. trade with Puerto Rico. Lakes cargo data only available in U.S. import data.